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751. Ashley MS B5477

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Ashley MS B5477
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Letter from W. G. Collingwood to T. J. Wise, thanking him for the gift of a copy of John Ruskin, Harbours of England, reprinted by Wise; 29 May 1895. includes: ff. 50-51b Thomas James Wise, book collector: William Gershom Collingwood: Letter to Thomas James Wise from William Gershom Collingw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1895
Extent:
1 item

752. Ashley MS 2942

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Ashley MS 2942
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'The Dover Patrol': an article by Joseph Conrad; 1921. Typescript, with many autograph revisions and corrections, written on one side only of ten large quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark a ram's head above 'ORIGINAL / CHARTHAM MILLS / KENT'. At the head of the first page (f. 2) Conrad ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

753. Ashley MS 3856

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Ashley MS 3856
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'The Bride's Prelude': a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; [1870?]. Auto-graph fair copy, with many revisions, deletions and additions, written on one side only of twenty-eight quarto leaves of ruled white laid paper, and on both sides of a further seventeen (ff. 1, 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 22, 29, 32, 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1870?]
Extent:
1 item

754. Ashley MS A2543

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Ashley MS A2543
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Letter, with envelope (f. 47), from Robert Browning to his sister Sarianna Browning, giving an account of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's death; 30 June 1861. Printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected byT. J. Wise, 1933, pp. 58-63. For another letter from Browning to Sarianna see ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1861
Extent:
1 item

755. Ashley MS A4359

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Ashley MS A4359
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'Atalanta in Calydon': a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne; 1863-1864. Autograph draft of lines 81-120, written on both sides of a folio leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is an early, possibly the first, draft and exhibits a large number of revisions, and variants from the text fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

756. Ashley MS B2488

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Ashley MS B2488
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Letter from Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell to Marianne Gaskell; [1850-1865]. The letter is headed 'Saturday Plymouth Grove', so must have been written in or after 1850 when the Gaskells moved to that address. Mrs Gaskell died on 12 Nov. 1865. Printed in J. A. V. Chapple and Arthur Pollard, The Letters of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1850-1865]
Extent:
1 item

757. Ashley MS B2588

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2588
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Maude Bazley-White to T. J. Wise, accepting five pounds for 'the manuscripts'; 21 Dec. [1927-1930?]. The contents of the letter make it probable that she is referring to the two MSS. in the Ashley Library in the hand of Robert Browning the father of the poet (2588 and 2720), which we...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec [1927-1930?]
Extent:
1 item

758. Ashley MS 3306

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 3306
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Two Letters from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise; 4 April 1906, 18 Nov. 1913. Bound up with a copy of Thomas Gray, The Candidate, 1764. Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 160. Quarto; unfoliated. Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1913
Extent:
1 item

759. Ashley MS 2941

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Ashley MS 2941
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'The Book of Job': a play translated from the Polish of Bruno Winawer by Joseph Conrad; May-June 1921. Typescript with many autograph revisions and corrections, written on one side only of ninety-four large quarto leaves of white laid paper (ff. 5-98). Watermark a ram's head above 'ORIGINAL / CH...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1921-Jun 1921
Extent:
1 item

760. Ashley MS 3262

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 3262
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Scope & Content:
Journal of John and Maria Gisborne; 2 May-26 Sept. 1820. Autograph fair copy, with revisions and additions, written on both sides of twenty-nine leaves of a quarto vellum-bound notebook, and on one side only of two further leaves (ff. 9b and 39). The journal begins on f. 9b in John Gisborne's ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1820-26 Sep 1820
Extent:
1 item